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PACKAGE TIE APPLIOATION IILBD NOV. 26. 1909.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

DAVID B. Gr. ROSE, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Application filed November 26, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID B. G. Rose, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to package ties and though susceptible ofa large variety of adaptations, is primarily designed for use inconnection with the bundling of mail for the railway mail service andfor Post Office department use generally.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a device overcomingexisting defects and to this end includes a cord holding attachmentwhich is reversible in character, that is, one having like or similarsurfaces, and each of said surfaces having cord engagingcharacteristics. The advantage of such a construction is that theoperator may place the attachment either side uppermost on the packageof. envelops or the like, when it will be in position to receive thefree end of the cord, with the incident saving of time, which, as isobvious, is a most important factor in the assortment and delivery ofmail matter, the primarily intended use for which the present device isdevised.

More particularly, the invention includes a plurality of dish-shapeddisks secured together conveniently cent-rally by suitable means withthe concaved surfaces outermost and each of said disks having one ormore cord engaging slots, with the slots of one disk arranged out ofregistration with those of the cooperating disk, together with a cord orsimilar member secured between the disks, conveniently to the connectingmeans for the latter.

Further, the invention contemplates a structure which is not onlyefficient and a time saver in operation, but one cheap to manufactureand pleasing in appearance.

The invention also includes novel details in the construction andarrangement of the parts, all of which will be more particularlyreferred to hereinafter in the detail description, for a clearunderstanding of which, however, reference is directed to theaccompanying drawings which form a part hereof, and wherein I havedisclosed, for the purpose of illustration, a satisfactory embodiment ofthe invention.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a plan Specification of LettersPatent. Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

Serial No. 529,978.

view of the device as applied to a package. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like referencecharacters refer to like parts throughout the several views, A and B aremain or body members conveniently in the form of dish-shaped or concaveddisks. These disks are preferably of metallic formation, and for thepurpose of illustration, are shown substantially circular inconfiguration and'of approximately the same size, though it is to beborne 1n mind that I have in contemplation disks of various shapes anddesigns. Each disk is provided with one or more peripheral slots C,preferably two in number, and oppositely disposed, whereby the disk isdivided into a pair of segmental wings, those of the disk A beingindicated by the reference characters a and a, and those of the member Bbyv the characters I) and b respectively. The members A and B aresecured together in any desired manner, conveniently by a rivet orrivets D, with the concaved surface of each outermost. The securingmeans preferably retains the members A and B- relatively immovable. tothe extent of preventing relative bodily movement. This arrangementmakes possible the fastening and maintaining of the slots of therespective disks out of registration with the slots of the cooperatingdisk, one of the important features of the invention residing in havingeach slotted portion of the disks overlying a vlvzingsor solid portionof the cooperating dis The walls surrounding each of the slots C arecurved at their outer extremity, whereby the connection ofsaid wallswith the peripheral walls of the wings will be free from sharp edges,which might tend to mar or damage the tied package, as well as cut orwear the cord or similar member to be used in connection with my device.The said cord may, and preferably does, constitute a fixed part of theattachment, that is, the same is carried thereby for convenient usetherewith, the cord being secured by tying around the securing means Dbetween the respective disks.

Preferably, each of the disks is of the same size and shape, and theexposed surfaces are free from projections or protuberances, since theonly retaining means for the free end of the cord resides in theabutting convex surfaces of the disk and the cord engaging slots D.

The convex contour of the abutting surfaces of the disks presents acontinuous wedge for the reception of the free end of the cord in thetyin up process, and the cord engaging slots afiord means for retainingthe cord in wedged engagement between the disks, to thereby preventaccidental sepj :two connected disk members, each disk member comprisingtwo connected wings aration or unwinding of the cord.

In use, the operator grasps a bundle of letters or the like, takes thedevice with the attached cord and places the same, withoutdiscrimination, either side uppermost, upon the package. He thereuponproceeds to pass the cord around the sides of the package and betweenthe convex surfaces of the disks, thereupon giving to the cord a turn ora. partial turn around the securing rivet of the disks, thence outwardlybeyond the disks and aroundv the ends of the package, again between thedisks. and through one of the cord engaging slots C .in the upper disk.As an additional security, and to prevent accidental separation of thecord from the slot and the consequent unwinding of the same while thepackages are in transit and in rubbing contact with one another, thecord may be caused to pass from one slot of the upper disk, over theupper surface of the upper disk, thence through the opposite slot ofsaid disk, and finally under the upper disk into frictional contact withthe abutting surfaces of the disks.

As previously pointed out an important feature of the invention residesin having each slotted portion of the disks overlie a wing or solidportion of the cooperating disk, this for the reason that in'use arelatively thin cord is usually employed, and in operation, should theslots in the upper and lower wings be in alinement, the cord in beingapplied to the slot of the upper wing is very apt to find its way intothe slot of the lower wing, which would impede the hasty application ofthe cord, which is essential when the use to which the invention is putis borne in mind, and the walls surrounding the slot of the lower wingby its engagement with the cord in its application would tend to quicklytear and break 1 the same in use. In my invention a smooth bearingsurface below the upper or exposed slot is provided which assists in theready application of the cord to said slot.

I claim: I

1. In a device of the character described,

separated from one another by oppositely disposed peripheral slots, thewings flaring outwardly from their point of connection with one another,and the wings of each section overlying the slots of the other section.

2. A reversible cord fastener comprising a pair of connected disks withthe outer edges separated from one another whereby the contiguoussurfaces thereof constitute a cord receiving wedge, and means carried byeach disk for engaging the free end of a cord, the engaging means of onedisk being out of line with the engaging means of the v other disk. Y

3. A package tie comprising two connected members with flaredperipheries and a slitted portion in the periphery of each member, theslitted portions of the respective members being out of line. Y

4. A package tie comprising two concaved disks connected togetherwhereby their convex surfaces contact. for frictionally engaging aninterposed cord or the like, each of said disks having a plurality ofoppositely disposed peripheral slotted portions, and the slottedportions of one disk being out of registration with the slotted portionof the cooperating disk, and a cord secured between the disks.

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID B. G. ROSE.

Witnesses:

E. R. MURRELL, JAs. F. VEEoH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

1 'Washington, D. G.

